Mikael Stenmark, the chief safety representative at Northvolt, says there is no concern about restarting production.
Northvolt is tight-lipped about the investigation following the explosion in one of its production areas on November 4.
– External investigations are ongoing while our own investigations are being conducted. We do not want to comment on the investigations while they are ongoing, says spokesperson Sanna Bäckström.
Production in the affected department has begun to resume, she says.
– We are working on a safe restart, where we are taking all the steps and checking everything we need to check to ensure that we can start safely and mitigate the risks we have identified.
She stresses that the last few weeks have been challenging for Northvolt.
– We have been working with both internal and external experts to investigate the accident. It has been a difficult time for the employees. There have been many discussions and meetings. We have tried to answer the employees' questions and provide them with the information we have. It has been a difficult few weeks.
The investigations will take some time, but they are progressing and the cause will slowly but surely be determined, says Mikael Stenmark, head of safety at Northvolt.
– The investigation is not yet complete.
Is there anything complicating the investigation?
– No.
In an earlier interview with Norran, Stenmark said that the area where the waste machine is located is not classified as an explosive environment.
Was there any other equipment on the site that shouldn't have been there?
– No, the right things were in the right place, but we'll see what the analysis shows.
Restarting production seems reasonable, says Stenmark.
– We've done everything possible. There is no concern about restarting production based on what we know.
He continues:
– When the investigation is complete, we will know more about what caused the explosion; we don't know that now. We just have a lot of theories, which is a completely different matter.
Northvolt has no update on the 25-year-old seriously injured in the explosion. Uppsala University Hospital said on Tuesday that he was still being treated for life-threatening injuries.